Found 2 collections related to Constitutional amendments -- United States

The New York State Branch of United World Federalists, Inc. was founded in New York City in 1947. It was one of 28 state branches of the organization that promoted world federal government, United Nations reform, legislative resolutions, and amendments to the U.S. Constitution to favor world federal government. The predecessor to the national organization was World Federalists, founded in 1941, which merged with other groups in 1943 to form Federal World Government, Inc., the latter becoming World Federalists, USA in 1945, which in turn became the United World Federalists (U.S.) in 1947. The New York State branch was inoperative after 1952. Collection consists of correspondence, minutes, financial records, and printed matter from New York State Branch of United World Federalists, World Federalists and Federal World Government, Inc. Correspondence, 1948-1949, is of the executive secretaries with state chapters and relates to organizational matters. Other records include minutes of the executive committee; financial records, 1947-1950; and printed matter concerning the national organization and its state branches and local chapters. Also correspondence and printed matter, 1942-1943, of World Federalists; and correspondence, 1944-1945, of Federal World Government, Inc. less

The Women's Peace Union (WPU), founded in 1921, was a national organization committed to personal refusal to support war and to promote legislation outlawing war. The WPU was in favor of total independent disarmament by the U.S. and its main program was the passage of a constitutional amendment, known as the Independent Disarmament Amendment, which would make war, preparation for war or appropriations for war illegal. The WPU ceased operations in 1940. Collection consists of correspondence, minutes, reports, financial records, writings, and ephemera of the Women's Peace Union. Bulk of the correspondence dates from 1929 to 1940 and includes letters among committee members regarding planning and strategy, fundraising, news from other pacifist organizations, and conferences and meetings. Minutes cover some of the years from 1921 to 1940 and document activities of the members. Financial records, 1922-1939, contain treasurers' reports and records of expenditures and contributions. Writings of WPU members and supporters include articles, addresses, speeches, fiction, and poetry which reflect the pacifist position. Also, printed materials, signed petitions and appeals, photographs, and minutes of the United Pacifist Committee for 1939. less